1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	1998–99
Champions	Espérance de Tunis
Relegated	Olympique du Kef; CS Hammam-Lif; CO Médenine; ES Beni-Khalled
Champions League	Espérance de Tunis
Cup Winners' Cup	Club Africain
CAF Cup	CA Bizertin; Étoile du Sahel
Matches played	224
Goals scored	512 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Santos (14 goals)
Biggest home win	OB 6–0 CO Médenine
Biggest away win	CO Médenine 1–7 CAB
Highest scoring	CO Médenine 1–7 CAB
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season was the 73rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.

Results

Group A

Group A table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Espérance de Tunis	14	8	6	0	29	12	+17	30	Qualification to the Championship Playoffs
2	CA Bizertin	14	6	5	3	23	13	+10	23
3	US Monastir	14	5	7	2	21	20	+1	22
4	Étoile du Sahel	14	5	5	4	13	12	+1	20
5	CO Transports	14	4	5	5	15	14	+1	17	Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs
6	Olympique Béja	14	4	5	5	17	18	−1	17
7	Stade Tunisien	14	3	5	6	13	17	−4	14
8	CO Médenine	14	1	2	11	10	35	−25	5

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 1998. Source: Ligue 1 Group A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group A result table

Home \ Away	CAB	COM	COT	EST	ESS	OB	ST	USM
CA Bizertin	—	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1
CO Médenine	1–7	—	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2
CO Transports	3–1	1–0	—	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1
Espérance de Tunis	4–2	4–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1
Étoile du Sahel	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	—	1–1	0–1	3–1
Olympique Béja	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	—	2–1	1–2
Stade Tunisien	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	—	1–1
US Monastir	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 1998. Source: Ligue 1 Group A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group A leaders

Group B

Group B table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Club Africain	14	10	3	1	23	7	+16	33	Qualification to the Championship Playoffs
2	CS Sfaxien	14	9	3	2	28	14	+14	30
3	AS Marsa	14	7	2	5	15	16	−1	23
4	ES Zarzis	14	4	7	3	14	12	+2	19
5	CS Hammam-Lif	14	4	6	4	14	13	+1	18	Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs
6	ES Beni-Khalled	14	4	4	6	9	15	−6	16
7	JS Kairouan	14	1	4	9	9	23	−14	7
8	Olympique du Kef	14	1	3	10	5	17	−12	6

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 1998. Source: Ligue 1 Group B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B result table

Home \ Away	ASM	CA	CSHL	CSS	ESZ	ESBK	JSK	OK
AS Marsa	—	0–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Club Africain	2–0	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	3–0	2–1
CS Hammam-Lif	2–0	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0
CS Sfaxien	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–0
ES Zarzis	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–2	1–0
ES Beni-Khalled	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	—	1–0	2–1
JS Kairouan	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	—	0–0
Olympique du Kef	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 1998. Source: Ligue 1 Group B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B leaders

Championship Playoffs

League table

Group winners (Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain) obtained 2 bonus points each and group runners-up (CA Bizertin and CS Sfaxien) obtained 1 bonus point each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Espérance de Tunis	14	11	3	0	31	8	+23	38	Qualification for 2000 CAF Champions League
2	CA Bizertin	14	6	6	2	18	14	+4	25	Qualification for 2000 CAF Cup
3	CS Sfaxien	14	7	2	5	15	12	+3	24
4	Étoile du Sahel	14	5	5	4	18	13	+5	20	Qualification for 2000 CAF Cup
5	AS Marsa	14	5	3	6	11	13	−2	18
6	Club Africain	14	4	3	7	13	20	−7	17	Qualification for 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup
7	US Monastir	14	1	7	6	13	21	−8	10
8	ES Zarzis	14	2	1	11	9	27	−18	7

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 1999. Source: Ligue 1 Championship Playoffs
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Result table

Home \ Away	ASM	CA	CAB	CSS	EST	ESZ	ESS	USM
AS Marsa	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–0
Club Africain	1–2	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	4–2
CA Bizertin	1–0	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2
CS Sfaxien	2–0	1–0	0–2	—	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0
Espérance de Tunis	2–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	—	5–0	2–1	2–1
ES Zarzis	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–3	0–1	—	2–0	0–1
Étoile du Sahel	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	—	1–1
US Monastir	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 1999. Source: Ligue 1 Championship Playoffs
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leaders

Relegation Playoffs

Relegation playoffs table

Teams that finished the regular season in the 5th place of each group (CO Transports and CS Hammam-Lif) obtained 2 bonus points each and those that finished in the 6th place of each group (Olympique Béja and ES Beni-Khalled) obtained 1 bonus point each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Olympique Béja	14	8	3	3	21	8	+13	28
2	JS Kairouan	14	8	3	3	18	10	+8	27
3	CO Transports	14	7	3	4	17	9	+8	26
4	Stade Tunisien	14	7	3	4	19	12	+7	24
5	Olympique du Kef	14	8	0	6	15	10	+5	24	Relegation to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
6	CS Hammam-Lif	14	6	1	7	18	18	0	21
7	CO Médenine	14	3	2	9	10	29	−19	11
8	ES Beni-Khalled	14	1	1	12	8	30	−22	5

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 1999. Source: Ligue 1 Relegation Playoffs
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Relegation playoffs result table

Home \ Away	COM	COT	CSHL	ESBK	JSK	OB	OK	ST
CO Médenine	—	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–5
CO Transports	3–0	—	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2
CS Hammam-Lif	1–1	0–1	—	4–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–1
ES Beni-Khalled	3–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–2
JS Kairouan	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	2–1
Olympique Béja	6–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–1
Olympique du Kef	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	—	2–1
Stade Tunisien	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 1999. Source: Ligue 1 Championship Playoffs
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1998–99 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com

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